CHICAGO - The Knicks should get a better idea of when Kristaps Porzingis can return by September.

Following comments from owner James Dolan that Porzingis could sit out the entirety of next season, GM Scott Perry maintained the indefinite timeline but with a new wrinkle.

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"Six, seven months out (of knee surgery), you have a better chance to have a better time window," he said. "You talk to most medical doctors, you really can't pinpoint how many months it's going to be. But you have a better estimate six, seven months out after surgery is completed. So who knows when that will be."

Porzingis underwent ACL surgery on Feb. 13 and has been rehabbing in Latvia since the end of the season. While optimists have pointed toward January as a potential return, Dolan first raised the possibility of Porzingis missing the season.

Kristaps Porzingis underwent ACL surgery on Feb. 13 and has been rehabbing in Latvia since the end of the season. (Mary Altaffer/AP)

That was echoed by Clyde Frazier, who said recently, "I don't see him playing next year. …unless the Knicks are in the playoff hunt."

Complicating matters is that Porzingis is eligible for a five-year contract extension this offseason worth over $150 million.

The Knicks can decide to wait to offer Porzingis the contract until he's a restricted free agent in the summer of 2019 and, by doing so, would save about $10 million in cap space.